Did Harry Potter elect Obama?

Author J.K. Rowling reads Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll hosted by President Barack Obama on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Did Harry Potter elect Obama?

A political science professor thinks the Harry Potter books may have helped elect President Obama.After studying political views of college students who read the seven-book fantasy series, University of Vermont professor Anthony Gierzynski says there is a strong correlation with political views that would lead them to support Obama.The series, by British author J.K. Rowling, features a young orphan who learns to stand up to an increasingly authoritarian magical government that uses torture and commits genocide. It was later made …